[Dailydrool] help - advice needed

[Feathers3 at aol.com]

Hello,
We are the proud owners of a 16 year old male basset named "Mickey  Mouse". 
 He has been with us for 13 years now ever since we adopted him  from a dog 
kennel out of state.  We loved him from the first second we saw  him 
sitting there just waiting for someone to come along and adopt him.  He  loves to 
ride, go for long rides, and has always been blessed with good health  
except for the last 4 months or so. ( He still climbs up and down many  stair 
steps every day but doesn't jump up into bed with us anymore but prefers  
sleeping on his nice soft doggy bed.)
 
We are wondering if anyone can give us some advice on a sore that he  has.  
He has a sore on his toe (right by his toenail) that is swollen, red,  and 
bleeds at times that just doesn't seem to heal up.  The vet thinks that  
maybe originally he might of gotten some glass in it and is hoping that it will 
 just heal  by it's self.  Well, it isn't healing and looks very  sore.  
(Mickey will lick it but doesn't like us to touch it very  much.)  Does anyone 
know of something that we might put on it to help with  the healing or are 
be better off just letting natural heal it?  Also we are  noticing that 
Mickey is losing a lot of hair in bunches from his  hindquarters.  
 
We realize that Mickey might be one of the oldest bussets around but he is  
such a good dog!
 
Thank you for your help.
 
Carol, Jim, and Mickey
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